America's Unique Deaf Stories; Established 1996; 22nd year

2014/09/22

What is a 3D printing surprise? That the hearing aid is themost successful printed product in the world. Says who?Says the 3DP Newsletter. They are saying that over10,000,000 “In The Ear” hearing aids have been printedand sold so far. Well, “In the Ear” hearing aids are notreally the same as regular hearing aids!

— American Restoration owner’s most frustrating experience

American Restoration is a popular cable TV program. It is aboutrestoring antique items to make it look new – such as old cars,coke machines, gum machines, slot machines, etc. Rick Dale,the American Restoration owner, said his most frustratingexperience was dealing with a deaf customer. He brought inan old vacuum machine and wanted it restored. It was a1945 model, the rarest one in the world as only two suchmachines were currently available. The deaf man had spareparts but did not tell Rick about it. The old machine wasrestored but Rick knew something was not right, and thedeaf man got angrier and angrier. The result – Rick gaveup, and refunded in full the deaf man’s money! Thisscene was never shown on TV. It is not known if therewas an interpreter around.

— a punishment for deaf crime boss

In China, a deaf man was sentenced to 15 years injail. He was the boss of a deaf gang that stolevaluables from parked cars. The deaf thieves herecruited came from schools for the deaf, unableto find jobs on their own after graduation. Thetotal value of stolen items were approximately$250,000 in USA money according to the police.